‘I’ve lived in a flat all my married life, I raised my family there. They’re all well-adjusted. We love it’

Architect Fionnuala May says Irish town centres could thrive again, if people go back to living in them

Fionnuala May, president of the RIAI. Photo: Mark Condren

Fionnuala May has lived on Mountjoy Square in Dublin’s north inner city for 43 years. That puts her out of step with most Irish people.

As a nation, wedded to our cars, we’ve fallen out of the habit of living in towns, says the president of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) and county architect for Fingal.